Where: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (51.7° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 5.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Unit B Member (Oosterhout Formation), Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Zanclean to early Piacenzian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, brown sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: E. Wijnker, T. J. Bor, F. P. Wesselingh, D. K. Munsterman, H. Brinkhuis, A. W. Burger, H. B. Vonhof, K. Post, K. Hoedemakers, A. C. Janse, and N. Taverne. 2008. Neogene stratigraphy of the Langenboom locality (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 87(2):165-180 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 59003: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.03.2006, edited by Loic Villier
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Actinopteri | |
Arnoglossus laterna Walbaum 1792 flatfish | |
Dicentrarchus iabrax temperate bass | |
"Gobiidarum" sp. Unknown goby | |
Trachinus draco Linnaeus 1758 | |
Aves | |
"Alca antiqua" = Uria antiqua
"Alca antiqua" = Uria antiqua Marsh 1870 auk | |
Mammalia | |
Phocoenidae indet. Gray 1825 porpoise | |
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual | |
Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale | |
Cervus rhenanus deer | |
"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi
"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus | |
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Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
Raja clavata Linnaeus 1767 skate | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Hexanchidae indet. Gray 1851 cow shark
Notorhynchus cepidianus sevengill shark | |
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
Cosmopolitodus escheri, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Cosmopolitodus escheri mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765 basking shark | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiura paucilepis n. sp.3
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Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
"Turritella cf. incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata, Turritella vanderfeeni
"Turritella cf. incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata Sowerby 1814 turret shell
Turritella vanderfeeni Brakman 1937 turret shell | |
Epitonium frondiculum Wood 1842 wentletrap | |
? Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
Amyclina labiosa Sowerby 1824 snail | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Aporrhais scaldensis snail | |
Galeodea bicatenata Sowerby 1815 snail | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Scaphander lignarus, "Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
Scaphander lignarus snail
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail | |
Pyramidella laeviuscula Grateloup 1838 snail | |
Ringicula buccinea Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Nucula sp., "Nucula cf. trigonula" = Nucula (Nucula) trigonula
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
"Nucula cf. trigonula" = Nucula (Nucula) trigonula Wood 1840 nut clam | |
Yoldia semistriata clam | |
Digitaria digitaria, Astarte anus, Astarte corbuloides, Astarte trigonata, Astarte fusca, Astarte sp., Astarte sensu lato sp., "Astarte sensu lato obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata, "Astarte cf. galeotti" = Astarte (Astarte) galeotti, Astarte incerta
Digitaria digitaria Linnaeus 1758 clam
Astarte anus clam
Astarte corbuloides clam
Astarte trigonata clam
Astarte fusca clam
Astarte sensu lato sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
"Astarte sensu lato obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata Sowerby 1817 clam
"Astarte cf. galeotti" = Astarte (Astarte) galeotti Nyst 1835 clam
Astarte incerta Wood 1850 clam | |
Parvilucina scaldensis, "Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Cuspidaria cuspidata clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
? Lentidium complanatum, "Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
? Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822 clam
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Pygocardia sp. Fischer 1887 clam
Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Dosinia lentiformis venus clam
Venerupis rhomboides venus clam | |
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula cf. albertantonorum Marquet 2005 clam | |
Glossus humanus clam | |
"Diplodonta rotunda" = Diplodonta, "Felaniella astartea" = Diplodonta
"Diplodonta rotunda" = Diplodonta clam
"Felaniella astartea" = Diplodonta clam | |
Parvicardium cf. scabrum Philippi 1844 cockle
Laevicardium decorticatum Wood 1840 cockle | |
Abra cf. alba, "Abra aff. prismatica" = Abra (Abra) prismatica
Abra cf. alba Wood 1802 abra
"Abra aff. prismatica" = Abra (Abra) prismatica Montagu 1808 abra | |
"Tellina benedeni" = Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni, Tellina donacilla
"Tellina benedeni" = Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni Nyst and Westendorp 1839 tellin clam
Tellina donacilla Wood 1840 tellin clam | |
Mytilus cf. antiquorum mussel | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Palliolum gerardi Nyst 1835 scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sexangulum tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Malacostraca | |
"Plioaxius lineadactylus" = Axius lineadactylus1
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Dinophyceae | |
Trinovantedinium sp. Reid 1977 | |
Lingulodinium machaerophorum, Operculodinium sp., Operculodinium centrocarpum, Amiculosphaera umbracula, Impagidinium sp., Melitasphaeridium choanophorum, Ataxiodinium choane, Achomosphaera andalousiensis
Operculodinium sp. Wall 1967
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978 | |
Heteraulacacysta sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967
Spiniferites sp. Mantell 1850
Spiniferites mirabilis Sarjeant 1970 |